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Recognised as Colour

#A9ECE9

  • #A9ECE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A9ECE9 is a cyan with RGB values 169, 236, 233 and HSL 177°, 64%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A9ECE9#A9ECE9
HEX#A9ECE9
RGBrgb(169, 236, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.9255, 0.9137
RGB percentages66.3%, 92.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(177.3, 63.8%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 28.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK28.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,136,233
CSS custom property--colour: #A9ECE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.86:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#561316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E5E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#92F0EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2.3Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 13.3Light cyan · ΔE 14.6Azure · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.34, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECA9AC
Analogous#A9ECC8, #A9CEEC
Triadic#E9A9EC, #ECE9A9
Split complementary#ECA9CE, #ECC8A9
Tetradic#C8A9EC, #ECA9AC, #CEECA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#D3F5F4
Darker −10%#7FE3DE
Darker −20%#55DAD4
Darker −30%#2ECEC7
Darker −40%#24A59F
More saturated +25%#9CF9F5
Less saturated −25%#B6DFDD

Channel breakdown

R169
G236
B233
Red169 (66.3%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue177.31°
Saturation (HSL)63.81%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G EC · B E9

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